Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, April 1
Four jawans of the counter-insurgency and anti-terror squad of Bihar police were arrested by Bhojpur district police on Friday on charges of beating Babloo Singh alias Rohit Singh to death in lock up on March 28.
Babloo was the great grandson of Babu Kunwar Singh, one of the rulers of eponymous Jagdishpur estate and the major figure of 1857 rebellion. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Jagdishpur fort, about 75 km west of Patna in Bhojpur district, on April 23 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Babu Kunwar Singh.
Bhojpur district Superintendent of Police Vinay Tiwari said 11 other jawans of the squad posted at historic Jagdishpur fort have been suspended. The arrested jawans have been remanded to judicial custody.
Three jawans were arrested while the fourth surrendered before the Ara judicial magistrate court.
The police acted on the FIR filed by Ms Pushpa Singh, mother of the deceased who had named the four jawans as accused persons. Babloo, according to the FIR, had protested against the illicit liquor trade by the jawans who were deployed in the Fort. They had picked up her son from the fort and beaten to death, Ms Pushpa Singh alleged.
Union minister of energy and MP from Ara, Raj Kumar Singh is visiting Jagdishpur fort on Saturday.
Many leaders from different political parties, including CPI (ML) visited Jagdishpur today and demanded action against other jawans too.
